Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think.

Music was always present in the house. Black was self-taught on harmonica guitar and bass at an early age. In 1987 at one of the gigs he met another guitarist Hayden Nicholas.

Black has also ventured into acting having made a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Maverick as well as a starring role in 1998's Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack. Although his momentum gradually slowed throughout the 1990s Black consistently charted hit songs into the 2000s.